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GOOD NEWS FOR NINETY-sIY.
Knox County Votes 100000 Sub
scription to the G., X. & w. Rail.

Ei.orpilie (7'nn.) Tribune, Sunday. October 30 ]
Knox county has another railroad. We
met the Carolina, Knoxville western and
She is ours. 4 ftircr day never d9wned for
holding an election than yesterday. The
clouds which had been so dense and dark for
several days past had all cleared away yester-
day morning, and the sun Shonc warm and
bright. 1t was one of those perfect October
polls were opened at the voting places at the
usual hour with the judges and clerks to tnko
the vote on the proposition from the C., *. &
| W. road, asking the county for 100000 sub
scription to its capital stock.
The returns from the country districts are
| coming in slowly. The vote as far as heard
| In the city the total vote for the subscrip-
| tion 2,549. against II. Total vote heard from
outside the city 2,09S of which 3Si votes are
against the proposition.
| The total vote received, as will be noticed, Is
| 1861, of which 3I are against the road. leav-
! ing n majority for the proposition Of 1856,
much more than the necessary threc:fourths
majority. The districts which remain to be
! heard from cast l.SU0 votes in the prohibition
election. The same ratios of fall of for these
as from others will give for them In this cleo
ton they will have to cast LIN votes against
| it, But it is known that they will give ma
| jOrity Tor the road. One or Two districts To De
heard from are known to be almost solid for
the road. This insurcs the success OF the pro-
position beyond Il doubt.
| This is Il grand result for the entire county
and especially for Knoxville. Predictions are
freely made that the city will have 100000 In.
| habtants in five years. No city on the con-
| tinent has such solid growth as she Is enjoy
ing to. day. and each week secs this growth In
creased. Chattanooga, Birmingham and At
| lantn are being left far behind. and Nashville
and Memphis will have to quicken their pace
| if they expect to remain ahead In population.
| The victory Is won and the road Is secured.
| Knoxville has taken her place permanently
| in the lead of the great industrial develop
mcnt which Is going on throughout the south.
Her action will call to her thousands OF dol.
| lars Of capital and hundreds Of new people.
Other roads Will come to her. Factories OF AL
kinds are daily Springing up within her con-
! finoS.E Several blacl furnaces are around. y
| SiU1,0Dj soap factory is under way. PlalS are
on foot to srCure the erection OF Il magnitlcent
hotel Let Ecr good people c0mtinue thcir e.
forts remembering that 10 builu great city
of her is to enrich themselves 3nd benefit
| their fellow citizens.
Knox county's action completes the list OF
counties, with the single exception OF Green
| vile. In going from Knoxville TO Augusta,
the line passes through Knox and SEWER
| counties, in Tennessee, and through Hay
wood ana Transy ylvania. in North Carolina:
From Augusta 10 within twelve miles OF
Greenville, the road is graded. Only the gap
| in Greeuvilc county then remains TO no nlleu,
! Knox has voted SlU0ON0; Sewer. S?5. .UO !
, Haywood, $l0ON0; Transylvanla, S5ODW. a
grand total 1T is of 1926 900.